February 27, 2017|Contributed by: Courtney Sommer
Expedited removal is a procedure that allows the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to remove a noncitizen without a hearing before an Immigration Judge. An individual who arrives at a port of entry and who is inadmissible either because he or she made misrepresentations or false claims to U.S. citizenship or because he or she […]
February 27, 2017|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
On January 25, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order entitled “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States.” On February 17, 2017, DHS secretary John Kelly issued an implementation memo entitled “Enforcement of the Immigration Laws to Serve the National Interest,” that gave additional details regarding this original executive order. It is […]
February 21, 2017|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
On February 18, 2017, Joseph & Hall P.C. partner addressed the crowd at the Defend Our Constitution Rally and March at Civic Center Park. Below is the text of his remarks: We the People want to form a more perfect union. We the People want to establish justice and ensure domestic tranquility. We want to […]
January 25, 2017|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
Criminal convictions often determine whether a noncitizen can be deported from the United States or whether he or she can qualify to apply to stay. In the summer of 2016 through a Supreme Court decision in Mathis v. United States and a Board of Immigration Appeals decision in Matter of Chairez, the courts ruled that […]
January 25, 2017|Contributed by: Claudia Hurtado-Myers
As an immigrant, going to see the Statute of Liberty brings great joy and inspiration. The torch is a symbol of enlightenment. The Statue of Liberty’s torch lights the way to freedom showing us the path to Liberty. Even the Statue’s official name represents her most important symbol “Liberty Enlightening the World”. With such a […]
January 25, 2017|Contributed by: Courtney Sommer
With the election of President Trump has come a lot of fear over the future of DACA and its more than 750,000 recipients. Trump promised during his campaign to repeal many of Obama’s executive orders, including the one that created DACA, on day 1 of his presidency. Fortunately for many of our clients, Trump’s day […]
January 25, 2017|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
In one of his first actions as President of the United States, Donald Trump announced an executive order that freezes the hiring of new federal employees (with an exemption for essential military personnel). In one swipe of his pen, the new president further handcuffed an Immigration Court system that takes approximately five years to resolve […]
December 28, 2016|Contributed by: Claudia Hurtado-Myers
On June 24, 2014, in response to the increasing number of children and families fleeing Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador to seek protection at the U.S. border, the Obama Administration announced plans to significantly increase capacity to detain children with their parents. In testimony before Congress, Secretary Johnson proposed “an aggressive deterrence strategy,” including the […]
December 20, 2016|Contributed by: Joseph & Hall P.C.
Last month, Donald Trump was elected to be the next president of the United States. I wrote in this blog that it is very likely that Mr. Trump will end the DACA program during his presidency. On December 9, Senators Dick Durbin and Lindsey Graham introduced a bi-partisan bill in the Senate that would preserve […]
December 19, 2016|Contributed by: Courtney Sommer
Fourteen U.S. mayors, including Denver’s mayor Michael B. Hancock, have signed a letter sent to President-Elect Donald Trump asking his administration to continue accepting and adjudicating initial applications and renewals for DACA recipients until Congress can implement immigration reform. President-elect Donald Trump has previously promised to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, […]
